Re: [PATCH] xfs: do not pass unused params to xfs_flush_pages

From: Jakub Jelinek
Date: Tue Apr 22 2008 - 05:58:34 EST


On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:57:33AM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> You do not see reduced stack usage in "make checkstack",
> because "make checkstack" shows only stack usage caused by
> local variables (it analyses sub %esp,NN instructions which
> make room for them). Parameters also take up stack, but
> they are pushed on stack with push instruction,
> and so are invisible in "make checkstack" output.

That on i?86 actually depends on whether -maccumulate-outgoing-args
is on or off (the default is off for -Os and most pre-i686 tunings,
and on for i686 and most post-i686 tunings when not -Os).

Jakub
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/